>> WE ARE READY.
WE KNOW THE QUESTIONS WE WANT TO
ANSWER SO WE'LL GO WITH PARKER
SOLAR PROBE AND UNLOCK THE
MYSTERIES OF THE SUN BE A THE
SEASON'S CORONA AND WE'LL TOUCH
THE SUN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NICE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR
NIKKI.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THESE FOLKS REALLY DRESS FOR
THE OCCASION AND YOU WILL SEE
WHY.
YOU SAW NIKKI'S DRESS AND CHECK
GENTLEMEN COMING UP.
WE'RE COMING HERE LIVE.
SO YOU HEARD NIKKI TELL YOU WHY
WE ARE GOING.
NOW YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR THE
HOW.
PLESS WOMEN DOLL THE STAGE
SOMEONE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THE
SPACECRAFT THE PROJECT HAN GER
FROM THE JOHN HOP SKINS APPLIED
CITY LABORATORY GIVE IT UP FOR
ANDREW.
THANK YOU.
THANK.
THANKS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> MY WIFE GOT THIS FOR ME FOR
FATHER'S DAY.
THIS IS HER ATTEMPT OF MAKING
ME.
YOU CAN DECIDE FOR WHAT.
I AM MARK.
2018 SO WE'RE HERE IN 2018.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL.
I WILL SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES
TELLING BUT THE TECHNOLOGY A
WENT INTO DEVELOPING THIS
SPACECRAFT.
AND SO FOUR MILLION MILES THE
SINCE HOT.
OUTSIDE YOU GO OUTSIDE.
THE SINCE HOT.
FOUR MILLION MILES.
THE SINCE HOT.
WE NEED TO BRING UMBRELLA WITH
US SO YOU MAY WISH YOU HAD
UMBRELLA OUT BE THERE THE HOT
SUNNY DAY.
LACK UP.
WE BRING UMBRELLA AROUND.
IT IS A HEAT SHIELD.
IT TOOK 18 MONTHS TO FABRICATE
THIS HEA SHIELD AND OVER DECADE
TO DEVELOP.
IT IS ONLY FOUR ENVELOPE INCHES
THICK AND HAS CARBON SHEETS ON
EITHER SIDE AND WEIGHS 160 UNPO
AND TRIED TO DO THIS MISSION NOW
IN THE '50'S-'6'S SO CARBONS THE
MAGIC TIER.
ONE OF THE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES IS
THE SOLAR RAYS AND THE SOLAR
ARRAY COOLING SYSTEM.
LIKE ANY OTHER SATELLITE, WE
NEED TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY,
RUN THE SYSTEMS ONBOARD.
WE HAVE SOLAR ARRAYS THAT COME
OUT.
THEY PEAK THE LITTLE EDGES OUT
BEHIND THE HEAT SHIELD AND
GINGERLY AND THEY HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THE FULL SOLAR ENVIRN THE
NORMAL WOULD BURN UP QUICKLY SO
WE HAVE SOLAR RAY THAT HAS AC
COOLING IN.
TWO PUMPS IN THE SPACECRAFT THAT
IS WATER THROUGH THE COOLING
SYSTEM AND THROUGH THE SOLAR ARY
AND PUMP IT OUT TO MUCH LIKE THE
CAR STAYS COOL ON HOT DAY LIKE
TODAY.
THAT IS THE WAY WE KEEP IT COOL.
THE TIME TECHNOLOGY AND THIS IS
WHAT WE CALL SYSTEM IS THE FALT
MANAGEMENT IN OUR ECONOMY.
BECAUSE OF THE ORBIT AROUND THE
SUN THERE ARE LONG PERIODS OF
TIME WHEN WE CAN NOT TALK
SPACECRAFT AND THE SPACECRAFT
CANNOT TALK TO US.
WE'RE BLOCKED OUT BY THE
SEASON'S RADIO NOISE.
SO THIS SPACECRAFT HAS TO BE
FULLY ATOM US NOW PLUS AT TIMES
16 MINUTES OF ROUND TRIP LIGHT
DELAY SO EVEN WHEN WE CAN TALK
TO THE SPACECRAFT.
WE NEED TO TAKE AWHILE TO DO IT.
AND SO, THE SYSTEM IS DID HE
SEENED TO STROKE ITSELF.
ONBOARD THE SPACECRAFT WE HAVE
SENSORS CALLED SOLAR WIND
SENSORS THAT ARE NEW DEVELOPMENT
ITEM.
AND STARTED COMING OUT FROM
BEHIND THE AND THE SOLAR SENSORS
WILL PICK THAT UP.
WHAT THEY PROTECT THE SENSITIVE
PARTS OF THE SPACECRAFT FROM
COMING OUT TO THE FULL SUN.
LAST THING, PROBABLY THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING I WOULD LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT WAS THE TEAM.
THE TEAM THAT DEVELOPED THIS HAS
BEEN WORKING FOR SPECIFIC ON
THIS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AND
THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY AND THE
ENGINEERING COMMUNITY IT HAS
BEEN 90 YEARS AND YOU COULD
TRACE BACK PAPERS AND REPORTS
ARE THE '6'S-70'S ABOUT THIS
MISSION AND DIFFERENT CONEND
SEPTEMBERS AND DIFFERENT WAYS OF
BEING ABLE TO GET TO THIS
ENVIRONMENT.
THE TEAM THAT FELT THIS IS TEAM
OF THOUSANDS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD.
I DID A LITTLE MATH THREE WEEKS
AGO AND I TOOK THE BUDGET
UNDESCRIED IT BY FOUR MILLION
HOURS OF LABOR.
FOUR MILLION STAFF LABOR HOR
INTERESTS THE START OF PHASE C
TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THAT TEAM ENABLED WHAT IT IS
TODAY.
THANKS, THANK YOU.
ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR
PROJECT MANAGER.
OK NOW TRANSITION TO THE Q&A
THEN GO TO THE SECOND PART OF
THE SHOW.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS START
HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THEN WE'LL GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA
AND THEN WELL GAE TO THE PHONE
BRIDGE.
SO PLEASE WAIT ANOTHER MIC.
GIVE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION
AND ADDRESS IT TO A SPECIFIC
PERSON IT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE'LL TAKE A FEW MINUTE FOR Q&A.
THE GENTLEMEN THE HAT HERE.
NAME AND AFFILIATION PLEASE.
>> HI.
I AM WITH SPACEFLIGHT INSIDER.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
SPACECRAFT ITSELF.
I BELIEVE IT IS GOING TO MAKE 24
1:00 SIR QUITING THAT YOU THE
CORONA.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS SPACE CRAFT
AFTER THAT?
>> 24 ORBITS AROUND THE SUN.
AND ON ORBIT 24 WHAT I AM HOPING
WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE ROW PELL ANT
ONBOARD WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE
SCIENCE DATA.
VENALLY, THE SPACECRAFT WILL RUN
OUT OF PROPELLANT AT THAT POINT,
AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
IT WILL BE ABLE TO LOSE CONTROL.
THOSE SENSITIVE BITS OF THE
SPACECRAFT WHICH WE WORKED SO
HARD TO PROTECT WILL EVENTUALLY
TRANSITION TO THE SUN.
SO THE WAY LIKE TO THINK ABOUT
IT IS IN THAT HOPEFULLY A LONG,
LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
10-20 YEARS A CARBON DISK
FLOATING AROUND THE SUN IN THE
ORBIT AND THAT WILL BE AROUND
UNTIL THE END OF THE SOLAR
SYSTEM.
>> "THE ASSOCIATED PRESS" SO YOU
COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A
BETTER OPENING ACT LAST YEAR
WITH ECLIPSE AS WAS MENTIONED.
DO YOU THINK THAT SPARKED MORE
INTERESTS IN THIS MISSION AND
BROUGHT A LOT MORE ATTENTION TO
WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO
ACCOMPLISH.
>> YES.
I DO.
I MEAN, I THINK, IT MADE
EVERYBODY LOOK TO THE SKY.
IT MADE EVERYBODY REALIZE THAT
THE SEASON IS NOT JUST A SINGLE
POINTED LIGHT ABOUT IT HAS
PROFOUND EFFECTS ON OUR EARTH.
IT IS ABOUT THE EVENTS WITH THE
SPACE WEATHER THAT WE SEE AND IT
REALLY DID BRINGP AWARENESS.
MY GOODNESS WE SAW THE CORONA.
I GOT VERY EXCITED BUT WE SAW
THE CORONA YOU DON'T SEE THAT
EVERY DAY.
PARKER SOLAR PROBE IS IN THERE
AND REALIZING WE WERE SENDING A
PIECE OF TECHNOL LE XY THAT IS
GOING TO GO INTO THAT REGION WAS
VISIBLE DURING THAT AMAZING
ECLIPSE TO ME IT IS MIND-BLOWING
AND WORKED FOR EIGHT YEARS AND
EVEN I SAW.
REALLY, WE ARE DOING THAT?
SO YOU KNOW, I THINK IT DID
AWFUL LOT TO REALLY BRING UP
AWARENESS BUT ALSO FOR THE
ENTIRE HELI YO PHYSICCANCE THE
AMAZING NEAT THAT NASA HAS.
WITH THAT WHICH IL THROW IT TO
THOMASFUL?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T
REALIZE HOW EMOTIONAL I WILL
GET.
YOU KNOW, I AM STUDYING FOR 20
YEARS AND I SAW IT ANOTHER FIRST
TIME WITH MY EYES.
THAT IS AMAZING MOMENT.
BUY REMEMBER, I JUST LIKE WITHIN
ACTUALLY THIS FOOTAGE WITHIN
SECONDS OF LIKE LIKE THIS IS
WHERE PARKER IS GOING TO GO,
RIGHT?
YOU MAINLY SEE.
DO YOU SEE IT HERE.
THIS IS TOTALLY IN THE DARK
THERE.
THAT'S HOW CLOSE IT IS GOING TO
BE AND SO FOR ME, I THINK MADE A
HUGE DIFFERENCE I DO BELIEVE THE
NAME MADE A HUGE OF HUGE DIF TOO
WITH PERSONAL STORIES THE STORY
OF PERSEVERANCE AND IN KNOW
VISION AND THE STORY OF BEING
RIGHT IN THE SPACE OF ADVISORY
THOSE STORIES THAT MATTER AND
THERE ARE STORIES OUT THERE IN
THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE WITH.
THE FINAL PART IS JUST REALLY
ONCE YOU COME UP WITH DIRECT
MISSION IT IS ATTACHING THE SUN
AND FLY THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE
AND THAT IS HISTORIC.
GET THEM THROUGH.
IT PULLS YOU IN THAT EMOTIONAL
STATE THAT THAT YOU CANNOT
FORGET THE MISSION ABOUT.
WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT NAS SAYS
ONE OF THE MISSIONS HAS
TREMENDOUS FOLLOWING AND
TREMENDOUS EXCITE PRESIDENT AND
MANY OF THE OTHER MISSIONS THAT
WE HAVE JUST BECAUSE OF THIS
TRIFECTA I WOULD ARGUE.
>> STAY TUNED.
IN DISS" WITH DOING SOMETHING
SPECIAL ON THE ANNIVERSARY IN A
FEW WEEKS FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE
ON AUGUST 21 SO STAY TUNED FOR
THAT.
WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION
THEN SOCIAL IMMEDIATIAN THE
PHONE BRIDGE.
NAME AND AFFILIATION PLEASE.
>> ASTRONOMY UTREAP OF KOSOVO.
SINCE THE SENSORS WILL BE KIND
OF OUTSIDE OF THE EDGE OF THE
MAIN HEAT SHIELD WHAT IS
STOPPING PHLEGM MELLING AND WHAT
ARE THE MADE OF EXACT ZY.
>> SO, THOSE ARE INSTRUMENTS AS
ANDY NOTED IN THE MAIN BODY OF
THE SPACECRAFT AND VERY BALMY
30 DEGREES CENTIGRADE 85 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT COMPARED TO 285 THAT
OUR HEAT SHIELD IS SEE AM WE
HAVE FOUR FIELDS THAT STICK OW.
THEY ARE MADE SO THEY ARE THIN
CUBES THEY GET HOT BUT NOT SO
DIFFICULT.
STORE THIS PROBE CUP IS THE
BRAIDED IN STREWMENT ON THE
SPACECRAFT AND IT BRAVELY
REPEATS AROUND THE HEAT SHELD
AND FAIRLY BIG INSTRUMENTS SO
ENORMOUS ALF TESTING THAT WENT
INTO THAT AND IS MADE FROM SOME
PRETTY EXOTIC MATERIALS AND HAS
MANY AND IT HAS A LOT.
SO AND SO IS HARD TO GO THROUGH
VERY, VERY RIGOROUS TEST PROGRAM
IN FACT THEY EVEN DESIGNED THE
OWN TEST FACILITY TO OB HE SERVE
STORY AT HARVARD WHERE THEY
COULD CREATE THAT WAS GOING TO
HAVE TO SEE EVERY DIE MAKE SURE
THAT IT WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING
BAD.
>> GREAT.
LET'S TAKE QUESTION INTERESTS
THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLKS IN THE
ROOM.
DO WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
YES, SIR.
>> SORRY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CHUCK FIELDS.
I HAD A QUESTION.
I UNDERSTAND THE CARBON CARBON
IS GOING TO PROTECT THE
SPACECRAFT BUT WHAT IS DURATION
OF THE SPACECRAFT WHEN IT
POSITION THROUGH THE CORONA.
I UNDERSTAND HOW LONG WILL IT BE
IN TEMPERATURE OF THE CORE LEAN
IN?
>> THE SPACECRAFT ELLIPTICAL
ORBIT.
THINK OF THE DISTANCE OF THE SUN
AROUND VENUS AND EVERY TIME IT
FLIES BY VENUS, THE CLOSEST
APPROACH GETS LOWER AND LOWER
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE
SCIENCE IS FROM A QUARTER ON THE
IN POUND TO OUTBOUND SO IT IS I
BELIEVE IS THE SPACECRAFT ALWAYS
IN THE ATS PER OF THE SUN.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT, YES.
ALWAYS.
WE DO LIVEN THE ATMOSPHERE THANK
YOU VERY.
IT IS ABOUT 12 DAYS IS THE WAY
WE THINK ABOUT IT.
>> OK.
WE GO TO THE PHONE NEXT.
THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO SOCIAL
MEDIA.
WE HAVE A LOT QUESTIONS.
WE'LL GET TO THEM.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER TUNES TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS SO WE'LL
GO TO THE PHONE BRIDGE AND WE
HAVE DENISE FROM NBC NEWS.
DAY THESE?
>> THANKS FOR TAKE MY QUESTION.
WITH THE PROBE THAT IS SET TO
BECOME THE FASTEST HUMAN MADE
OBJECT.
I AM WONDERING IF YOU COULD
COMMENT ON THAT MILESTONE AND
THE CHALLENGES OF TRAVELING NASA
SPACE?
>> WITH IT THE FASTEST HUMAN
MADE OBJECT AT ON THE LAST
ORBIT.
THE THIRD TO LAST OB ABOUT IT.
THE CLOSEST APPROACH.
AND DESIGNING SOMETHING TO GO
FAST IN SPACE IS PRET I MUCH THE
SAME AS YOU WOULD DESIGN IT TO
GO SLOW END SPACE.
SPACE HAS NOTHING TO REALLY
IMPEDE THE PROGRESS.
THE SPACECRAFT'S ROG FRES A
SPEED PERSPECTIVE THERE IS NOT
MUCH OF A CONCERN.
SPACECRAFT DOESN'T KNOW IT IS
GOING FAST.
WHAT IS MAYBE MORE INTERESTING
AND A LITTLE THAT IS AROUND THE
SUN THERE IS A DUST ENVIRONMENT
THAT IS WHAT THE, THE SPEED GETS
YOU.
SO THE SPACECRAFT DUST PARTICLES
AND THE SPACECRAFT HAS SHEOLS
ONBOARD, AND BUILT INTHE
BLANKETS AND BUILT AROUND THE
COOLING SYSTEM AND THIS KEVLAR
SHIELDING FOLK INTERESTS THE
SPACECRAFT FROM DUST
ENVIRONMENT.
THAT IS ONLY THE BIGGEST IMPACT
NO PUN TINNED OF GOING FAST.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION NOW
FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
USING #ASKNASA TO ASK THE QUO
LET'S GO TO THAT QUESTION THEN
TAKING QUESTIONS AT THE END
AGAIN.
>> BACK IN MARCH, MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WERE EN INVITED TO SEB
THAT I NAME TOLL THE SUN ABOARD
THE SPACECRAFT.
DAVID ON TWITTERS WHAT WILL
HAPPEN TO ALL OF OUR NAMES
ABOARD THE CRAFT?
>> YOUR NAMES WILL CONTINUE TO
ORBIT WITH THE SPACECRAFT.
AND EVEN, EVEN AFTER WE HAVE NO
FUEL, HE THINKS ABOUT THE CARBON
DISKS SO YOU GOING AROUND THE
SUN.
THINK THE SPACECRAFT WILL BREAK
UP TO LARGE PIECES THEN SMALLER
AND SMALLER UNTIL IT BECOMES A
PART OF THE DUST CLOUD SO YOUR
NAM IS GOING TO ORBIT THE SUN
FOREVER.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANKS.
>> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION.
THEN ONE MORE.
THEN WE'LL WRAP UP TO BRING YOU
THE SECOND PART OF THE SHOW
HERE.
RIGHT HERE.
WITH THE MIC.
>> HI.
ROCKET STEM AND SPACE UPCLOSE.
THAN FOR DOING THIS.
TALKED ABOUT THE 60 YEARS OF
TECHNOLOGY TO CATCH UP.
YOU MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY THE
HEAT SHIELD.
WHAT ELSE ON THE SPACECRAFT MAY
BE THE SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS TOOK
60 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT?
>> I MEAN, CERTAINLY, FINDING
THE RIGHT HERE MATERIALS IT IS
NOT JUST THE CASE OF SUR VYING
THOSE INCREDIBLE HEAT AND WHEN
WE'RE CLOSE TO THE SUN WE ARE
OUT AS WE MENTIONED WE COME OUT
AROUND VENUS AIN'T IS COLD THERE
WHICH MEANS THE MATERIALS HAVE
TO WITHSTAND HEATING AND THEN
COOLING AND VERY, VERY EXTREME
CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE 24 AND
THEN ANOTHER TEN YEARS BEYOND
THAT ACCORDING TO ANDY.
1:00 YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BE,
THEY HAVE TO BE INCREDIBLY
DURABLE SO CERTAINLY, THE
MATERIALS.
THEN I ALSO LIKEN 60 YEARS AGO
WHEN YOU WANT TO MAKE PHONE CALL
AND PHONE ON THE KITCHEN WALL
AND FOU WE ALL USE SMARTPHONES
AND USE THEM FOR EVERYTHING
OTHER THAN MAKING A PHONE CALL
IF I HAVE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL.
NOW I GOT TO CALL THEM BECAUSE
OF THE WAY IT HAS CHANGED THE
WAY WE LIVE HAS CHANGED AND IF
YOU THINK ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY
YOU HOLD IN YOUR HAND OR THE
IPHONE THEN YOU COMPARE THAT TO
WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN IN
1658 YOU ARE TALKING 30 BLOCKS
WORTH OF BUILDINGS OF THAT TYPE
OF THING TO BE ABLE TO DO THE
ATONY MA ANDY WAS TALKING ABOUT
AND MILITARIZATION, MATERIALS,
EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO MAKING
THE SPACECRAFT SMALL COME BACK
AND LIGHT MUFF THAT WONDERFUL
LAUNCH FOLKS CAN GIVES THE KICK
WE HEED TO GO INTO ORBIT.
>> THAT POINT ABOUT THE
INSTRUMENTS.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT I THINK
JUST IN THE SAME AMOUNT AS MCCAN
I TALKS ABOUT THE SPACECRAFT AND
ALSO BENEFITED FROM MULTIPLE GEN
RATION OF INSTRUMENTS THAT HAVE
FLOWN ON SPACECRAFTS AND THAT
ARE SPACECRAFT LIKE STEREO AND
SPACECRAFT LIKE WIND OR ADVANCED
COMPOSITION OR OTHERS IN WHICH
SOME OF THESE INSTRUMENTS FOR
THE FIRST TIME REALLY PERFECTED
AND AND THEN INTEGRATED AND MADE
SMALLER.
THAT INSTRUMENTS IN EVERY WAY
ADVANCED AS THE MISSION THAT
SPACECRAFT IS SURROUND I WOULD
ARGUE.
REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, TOPNOTCH
INSTRUMENTS WITH THE MASS THAT
IS AVAILABLE, WHICH OF COURSE
IS, IS LIMITED BASS WE WANT TO
USE EVERY SINGLE POUND FOR FUEL,
RIGHT.
WE WANT TO GO IN THERE WITHIN
THOSE LIMITATIONS THOSE ARE IN
STREHLS THAT ARE NOTESSABLE EVEN
40-3 YEAR AGO WE HAVE TO DO THE
OTHER SOURCE.
>> THAT IS GOING TO DO IT.
PLEASE GIVE A NICE ROUND OF
APPLAUSE AGAIN.
THANK YOU A ALL.
[APPLAUSE]
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL GET STARTED NEXT TALKING
ABOUT THE LAUNCH ITSELF.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
IF YOU JUST JOINING US AGAIN WE
ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM
NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER A
FEW DAYS AWAY FROM THE EARLY
MORNING LAUNCH OF THE FIRST
MISSION TO TOP OF THE SUN.
MY NAME IS DWANE BROWN AND MY
COLLEAGUE.
SO WE HEARD ABOUT THE SCIENCE
AND EVERYTHING NOW AND THE FOLKS
THAT ARE EXAMINING TO MAKE SOME
NOISE AND FIRE IN ALL OF THIS
BAD STUFF.
THE PERSON WHO I HAD THE ON HON
O OF WORKING WITH MANY YEARS
THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR NOR MISSION
HIS NAME IS SYNONYMOUS WITH
GREAT LAUNCH MISSIONS AND PLEASE
WELCOME THOUGH STAGE THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR FOR THE PARKER SOLAR
PROBE SOLAR MISSION BAEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR ALL
TANG.
I IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
I AM SUPER EXCITE THE FIRST TIME
NASA IS LAUNCHING WITH A THIRD
STAGE IN FLYING SCIENCE
INSTRUMENT ONBOARD.
WE HAVE FLOWN OTHER DEAL 4
HEAVIES BUT NOT WITH SCIENCE AND
THIS IS REALLY COOL TO BE ABLE
TO GET SCIENCE THAT GENE HERE
ENVISIONED 60 YEARS AGO, FINALLY
GETTING IT TO FLY, I WORKED FOR
THE LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM HERE
AT NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
I AM FORTUNATE TO BE THE LAUNCH
DIRECTOR.
I HAVE BEEN THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR
ON NUMEROUS MISSIONS SINCE
2,000.
AND THIS ROCKET IS HUMBLING FOR
ME.
430,000 MILES PER HOUR.
THE CLOSEST THAT DIME THAT WAS
NEW HORIZONS WHEN IT LEFT HERE
WAS GOING 32,000 MILES PER HOUR
GIVE OR TAKE.
SO QUITE A DIFFERENCE.
AND THE NEXT FASTEST, I BELIEVE,
IS GOING 150-175,000 MILES PER
HOUR WHICH IS ONE OF THE MARINER
PROBES SO, THE CAN DISPUTE IS
PHENOMENAL.
THIS VEHICLE IS 233 FEET TALL.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO
THROUGHOUT TO SEE IT.
IT IS JUST, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT A
HUMAN NEXT TO IT TO BE ABLE TO
CAPTURE HOW BIG THIS THING IS.
LOOK I SAID I PROGRAM THE
SERVICES PROGRAM WHAT WE DO IS
CONTRACT WITH OUR PARTNER TO
BUILD THIS LAUNCH VEHICLE.
PAQUE THIS MISSION HAPPEN SO I
AM GOING TO SHOW YOU A FILM IF
YOU COULD OF WHAT IT TAKES TO
BUILD THIS ROCKET STARTING ABOUT
A YEAR AGO.
WHEN IT ARRIVED HERE AND NOT
BUILD A ROCKET BUT ARRIVED HERE
AND ASSEMBLED IT.
THIS IS.
THIS IS THE SEGMENT ARRIVING.
THERE IS LEE OF THESE.
THREE OF THESE COMMON BOOSTER
CORES THAT GO TO COMPLEX 37
WHERE THEY ARE BOLTED TOGETHER.
THIS IS A PROCESS.
ALL THREE WILL BE BOLTED
TOGETHER THE SECOND STAGE IS ON
THE FRONT.
THAT WILL BE ERECTED THAT
HAPPENING APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
ALONG WITH PARKER ARRIVING ON
APRIL FIRST EASTER DAY.
THIS IS MIND-BOGGLING HOW BIG
THAT REALLY IS.
HERE IS PARKER SOLAR PROBE
INSIDE OF THE FAIRING.
IN THERE IS THE THIRD STAGE.
THIS IS BEING REEKED ABOUT TEN
DAYS AGO.
THEY PUT ON TOP OF THE SECOND
STAGE.
THEY BOLTED DOWN SO ABOUT A WEEK
OR BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK, WE
HAD OUR FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW.
THAT IS WHERE WE GET A BUNCH
TOGETHER AND WE TALK ABOUT WHAT
IS GOING ON WITH THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE TECHNICALLY AND HOW THE
RANGE IS DOING AND THE LAUNCH
WEATHER SERVICE PROVIDES AND HOW
THE WEATHER INSTRUMENT TATION IS
DOING AND WHAT SHE CAN GIVE US
AS FAR AS THE FORECAST AT THAT
POINT.
THE RANGE TELLS US HOW THEIR
ASSETS ARE COMING TOGETHER AND
THE SPACECRAFT TELLS US HOW THEY
ARE DOING AND HOW WHAT THEIR
READINESS IS.
WE TURNED THAT AROUND INTO A
MISSION DRESS REHEARSAL WHICH
OH-OH CURED YESTERDAY.
WE GET THE WHOLE TEAM TOGETHER
AND RACKS THE LAUNCH COUNTDOWN
AND THAT WAS SUCCESSFULLY RUN.
WE SUCCESSFULLY STRETCHED THE
TEAM AND QUITE READY FOR WHAT WE
HAVE AHEAD OF US ON SATURDAY.
THIS MORE WE HAD OUR LAUNCH
READINESS IN REVIEW.
THAT WENT SPLEN IDLY.
WE ARE COMPLETE.
WE ARE NOT WORKING ANY ISSUES.
THE NEXT STEP FOR US IS ROLLING
THE TOWER BACK WHICH WILL OCCUR
TOMORROW ABOUT 6:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
ABOUT 10:00 AT NIGHT WE'LL GET A
WEATHER BRIEF AND THAT WILL
ALLOW THE FOLKS TO DECIDE
WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO ALERT
THE VEHICLE AND THIS WILL START
ABOUT 10:45 ABOUT THREE AND A
HALF HOUR PROCESS AND I WILL DO
MY LAST POLL ROUGHLY ATING
AMINUTES AND AT TWO MINUTES I
WILL GIVE AND THE FINAL VOTE FOR
THE GOVERNMENT AND WE SHOULD BE
LAUNCHING AT 3:90 IN THE
MORNING.
WE HAVE A 65MEN WINDOW IF WE
HAVE TO GO TO THE FOLLOWING DAY
IT BECOMES A 3:20 IN THE MORNING
LAUNCH.
6500 WINDOW THAT IS LIKE IT
GETGETS EARLIER EVERY DAY.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> THAK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
UP NEXT WE HAVE SCOTT WHO CAN
JOIN US THEM?
HE IS THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR
NASA PROGRAMMERS THE UNITED
LAUNCH ALLIANCE.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS.
TELL US ABOUT IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ON BE HALF OF THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF THE UNITED LAUNCH ALLY
ANDS I I WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO
THE PARKER SOLAR PROBE LAUNCH.
THIS IS VERY, VERY EXCITING
MISSION.
EVERY TIME I HEAR NIKKI AND ANDY
TALK I GET MORE AND MORE EXCITED
ABOUT THIS MISSION.
SO THIS MISSION WILL BE
LAUNCHING ON DELTA 4 HEAVY WHICH
IS A FIVE METER VEHICLE IN SIZE
AND OMAR MENTIONED I ITS ABOUT
230 FEET TALL AND WHEN IT TAKES
OFF THE THRUST OF JUST THE FIRST
STAGE OR THE THREE FLOORS IF YOU
WILL.
IT IS 2.1 MILLION-POUNDS SO WE
HEARD A LOT ABOUT SPEED TODAY.
YOU KNOW, THE LAUNCH ALLIANCE
LARCHED SIX OTHER MISSIONS
SUCCESSFULLY THIS YEAR SO FAR
AND SINCE OUR INCEPTION, WE HAVE
HAD 120 CONSECUTIVE SUCCESSFUL
LAUNCHES SO IF YOU SPENT 60
YEARS IN THE MAKING FOR A
MISSION AND FOUR MILLION HOURS
GETTING THE SPACECRAFT READY YOU
WOULD LIKE TO GET THE MOST
RELIABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE YOU CAN
TO GET THERE AND THAT IS WHAT
NASA HAS DONE BY GETTING THE
DELTA 4 HEAVY.
SO HEAVY CAN LIFT 14,000 POUNDS
TO ORBIT.
END THAT PARKER SOLAR PROBE
WEIGHS 1400 POUNDS SO IT IS A
LITTLE BIT LIGHTER AND SO YOU
MIGHT ASK WHY SUCH A LARGE
VEHICLE IF YOU ONLY GOT A SMALL
SPACECRAFT INTHE ANSWER WE HAVE
HEARD IS SPEED.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS THING GOES LIKE NOTHING
EVER HAS GONE BEFORE.
AND IT IS SUPER FAST.
IN FACT, YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED
TO KNOW OMAR MENTIONED, WELL, WE
ALSO HAVE ON TOP OF THE DELTA 4
HEAVE VA THIRD STAGE DEVELOPED
BY NORTHRUP GRUM MAN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE VA LOSS THAT
I THE VEHICLE PROVIDES COMPARED
TO THE THIRD STAGE.
THE THIRD STAGE ACTUALLY
PROVIDES TWO-THIRDS OF THE SPEED
THAT THE VEHICLE THERE
SPACECRAFT IS GOING IN
SEPARATION AND THAT IS BECAUSE
YOU NEED ALL OF THAT BIGGY ANT
VEHICLE TO GET OUT OF THE
EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL AND
TO GET UP THERE AND SO ONCE WE
GET THERE THE THIRD STAGE REALLY
FIRES FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR A
MINUTE AND A HALF.
VERY SHORT.
IT IMPARTS A LOT OF VA ALSO TY
TO THAT THIRD STAGE AND OUR
THROP THUMB GRUMMAN PARTNERS
HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN
DEVELOPING THAT.
WITH THAT LET'S TAKE A LOOK A
THE VIDEO TO KIND OF SHOW YOU
THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT WILL
HAPPEN ON LAUNCH DAY.
MAIN ENGINE IGNITION.
2 BLUSH 1, AND LIFTOFF.
LIFTOFF UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE
DELTA 4 HEAVY ROCKET.
>> THREE IV MAIN ENGINES HE
IGNITE AND GENERATE OF LOST TO
LIFT THE ROCK ACCOUNT AWAY THE
PAD.
SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF, DELTA IV
BEGANS A PITCHOVER TO A TEAM
WHILE MINIMIZING THE PRESSURE
THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES
DURING FLIGHT.
THE DELL IV REACHES MOCK ONE THE
SPEED OF SOUND IN 1:18.
AT 3:56 THE BOOSTER ENGINES
SHUTDOWN.
TWO SECONDS LATER, THE BOOSTERS
ARE YET TYSON THE CENTER BOOSTER
ENGINE RESPECT TOES TO MAX MIME
PERFORMANCE APPROACHING MAIN
ENGINE CUTOFF.
DELTA IV IS BURNING PROPELLANT
AT A RATE OF POUNDS PER SECOND
TRAVELING AT 15381 MILES PER
HOUR AND LOW KAYED 86 MILES IN
ALTITUDE TUDE 41 A MILES
DOWNRANGE AT 5:00 6 PROPEL AND
LETTERS DOE CREASE AND THE MAIN
ENGINE SHULTZ DOWN.
SEVEN SECONDS LATER THIS DELTA
IV SEPARATION SYSTEM ACTIVATES
TO RELEASE THE FIRST TEAMING THE
VEHICLE NOW WEIGHS A LITTLE MORE
THAN FIVE PER KREB OF WHAT IT
DID AT LIFTOFF.
AT 5:55, THE FIRST DELTA CRAY YO
GENIC SECOND STAGE OR DSS MAIN
ENGINE BURN BEGINS.
DURING, SPACECRAFT IS FOLKED EN
SIDE OF A FIVE METER DIAMETER
PAYLOAD FAIRING AT 6:05.
THE PAYLOAD FARING IS YET TYSON.
CUTOFF FOR THE DCS ENGINE OR
MECO ONE OH COARSE AND TERNS A
12-MINUTE COAST PHASE.
AT 22:25 THE CCS MAIN ENGINE IS
RESTART FOR THE SECOND BURN AND
APPROXIMATELY 14 MINUTES LATE
ARE THE SECOND CUTOFF THE MAIN
ENGINE OH COARSE.
THE FOLLOWING 30 SECOND COAST
PHASE THE THIRD STAGE IS
SEPARATED TO CONTINUE CARRYING
PARKER SOLAR PROBE'S SPACECRAFT
ON THE INTERPLANETARY PROJEK RY
AND 20 SECONDS LATER AFTER THE
THIRD STAGE RETCH LADED 50 FEEL
THE FROM THE CCSS THE THIRD
STAGE IS IGNITED.
APPROXIMATELY 1:20 LATER, THE
THIRD STAGE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR
OCCURS.
AT 43:10, THE THIRD STAGE
RELEASES NAS' PARKER SOLAR PROBE
SPACECRAFT ON THE JOURNEY TO THE
SUN.
>> YOU GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A
VIEW AS YOU LOOK AT PARKER SOLAR
PROBE SPACECRAFT AND THE BIG
5-METER SIZE VEHICLE THAT YOU
SAW THERE.
SO NASA CHOSE THE DELTA IV HEAVY
BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE
CAPABILITIES TO CRE ATH THE
SPEED.
THE LAST TIME, I THINK, OMAR, OR
SOMEBODY MENTIONED.
THE LAST TIME NASA FLEW ON THE
DEAL IV HEAVY WAS IN 2014.
THIS WILL BE THE NINTH LAUNCH OF
THE -- OR THE TENTH LAUNCH OF
THE DELTA IV HEAVY.
THE DEAL IV HEAVY LAUNCHED IN
2004 SO ALMOST 14 YEAR AGO AND
ONLY TEN LAUNCH SOUS CAN SEE, WE
DON'T -- THIS HEAVY IS NOT
SOMETHING WE LAUNCH ALL THAT
OVEN SO IT IS VERY EXCITING FOR
US AS WELL AS THE SPACECRAFT AND
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, UNITED
LAUNCH ALLY ANDS, WE PRIDE
OURSELVES ON MAKING SURE THAT
OUR CUSTOMERS GET ALL OF THEIR
REPORTERS MET AND ARE FULLY
SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING IT THERE
SO WE WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU
ONCE AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR MISSION
PARTNERS AND TO NASA FOR
ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE IN
THIS VERY EXCITING MISSION AND I
WILL CLOSE WITH GO DEAL, GO
PARKER SOLAR PROBE.
[APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ALL
ABOUT THIS INNING THINGS WE ARE
DONE TO PREP NOR LAUNCH BUT WE
HAVE ONE LAST THING THAT NEEDS
TO GO RIGHT.
THAT IS THE WEATHER.
TELL US ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE
KATHY RICE, THE LAUNCH WEATHER
OFFICE WITH THE 45th WEATHER
SQUADRON WITH THE AIR FORCE HERE
AT CAPE CANAVERAL.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM SUPER EXCITE BT THIS
MISSION AND REALLY EXPEDITED
ABOUT THE 3:33 A.M. LAUNCH TIME.
BECAUSE IN THE SUMMERTIME HERE
IN FLORIDA, 3:33 P.M. IS VERY
BAD AND 3:33 A.M. IS VERY GOOD.
BE EXPECT TO SEE AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.
AS KNOW WHO DID DAY GUESS ON
THEY WILL DISSIPATE THEN WE HAVE
TO WATCH FOR ANYTHING THAT FORMS
YOUR SHORE TIMES AT NIGHT THE
AIR COOLS YOU GET A LITTLE
WARMING OF THE AIR ABOVE THE
WATER AROUND GET RISING AIR AND
GET CUMULUS CLOUDS UPSHORE BUT
THAT HAPPENS MORE OVER THE GULF
STREAM SO LOOKING MORE ON THE
FAVORABLE SIDE FOR LAUNCH.
WE WILL BE DEALING WITH A LITTLE
BIT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
AROUND THE TIME OF THE TOWER
ROLL TOMORROW EVENING BUT SHOULD
BE FRK AROUND THAT TIME SO IT IS
LOOKING GOOD AS WE GET TO THAT
OPERATION AND THEN MOVING
FORWARD INTO THE COUNT DOWN.
AGAIN WE'LL BE WATCHING FOR
CLOUDS THAT WE GET CONCERNED
ABOUT FOR TRIGGERED LIGHTNING
STRIKE WE CAN TRIGGER A LINING
VIK WITH A LAUNCH AND SO NOT
JUST A THUNDERSTORM WE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT BUT ALSO
CONCERNED ABOUT TOWERING CUMULUS
CLOUDS OR THE TOPS OF
THUNDERSTORMS THAT COME OFF AND
SPREAD.
SO THERE IS MORE THAN JUST THE
RISK OF NATURAL LIGHTNING AND WE
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TRIGGERED
LIGHTP SOG GO AHEAD TO LOOK AT
THE SAT SATELLITE PICK FUTURE
FOR TODAY.
CAN SEE WE ARE HAVE THE WEST
COAST SEA BREEZE MAKING THE WAY
ACROSS IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW
PATTERN AND GETS PENNED
LISTENING THE COAST AND THE WEST
COAST MOVES ACROSS AND AMERICANS
SO WE GET A LOT IN THE
AFTERNOONS PAR TK CLN THE LATE
AFTERNOONS.
AND THIS TYPE OF PATTERN.
SO WE'RE EXPECTING IT TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.
BUT THE EARLY MORNING HORS ARE
GOOD AND THIS TYPE OF PATTERN
THAT IS GOOD FORS.
LET'S GO TO THE LAUNCH FORECAST.
YOU CAN SEE WE DO HAVE LIGHT
WINDS.
NOT WORRIED ABOUT WINDS BECAUSE
OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS
LIGHT AROUND THE AREA.
UPPER 70 TEE LOW 80'S INIER IN
NIGHT HOURS HERE.
ONLY CONCERNS WILL BE OFFSHORE
AND ANY AING COMING WITHIN TEN
NAUTICAL MILES OF THIS WE'LL
WATCH.
ANY DETACHED CLOUDS.
THE CLOUDS THAT COME OFF THE TOP
OF THE THIRLS AND HEADING IN OUR
DIRECTION SO WE'RE WATCHING
THAT.
WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.
WE HAVE 30 PERCENT OF VIOLATING
LAUNCH WEATHER CONSTRAINTS.
7% CHANCE.
SO 24-HOUR FORECAST WE ARE LOOK
A LITTLE BIT WORSE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE GETS
HIGH ANTICIPATE GIVES US BETTER
CHANCE FOR THE CLOUDS IN THE
AREA.
WITH THAT IT DIN CREASE THE
NUMBER TO 4 IMPORTANT CHANCE OF
VIE LAYING LAUNCH CONSTRAINTS.
FINALLY, ONE MORE DAY.
A LOT DRIER SO I DROPPED THE
CHANCE OF 20 PERCENT CHANCE.
EACH DAY THE WINDS ARE LIGHT AND
REALLY ALL BILLION THE CLOUDS IN
THE AREA.
THAT TRIGGERED LIGHTNING THREAT.
SO OVERALL, GOOD LUNCH TIMES.
HOPEFULLY WE HAVE GOOD WEATHER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE THE TEAM COUPLE FOR
THE Q&A HERE.
IF YOU ARE JOINING US.
WE'RE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM
AS? KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN
FLORIDA.
A FEW DAYS BEFORE EARLY MORNING
LAUNCH OF THE PARKER SOLAR PROBE
NOW GOING TO Q&A SOUTH CAROLINA
HERE AND WHAT BETTER WAY CARTON
CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY TO BE
HERE FOR THE SOLAR PARKER PROBE,
RIGHT THIS THIS IS FANTASTIC.
SO WE ARE GOING TO START AGAIN
HERE WITH MEDIA AND PLEASE WAIT
FOR THE MIC AND GIVE YOUR NAME
AND AFFILIATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA
IN PHONE BRIDGE THEN WE'LL WRAP
IT UP.
RIGHT HERE.
>> STEPHON YOUNG FOR OMAR.
WE HAVE SEEN LOTS OF DIFFERENT
LAUNCH TIMES THEY KEEP CHANGING.
NORMALLY WITH THE PLANETARY
MISSION, WE THINK THE THINGS ARE
WRITTEN IN STONE IS THERE A
REASON WHY THE LAUNCH TIMES ARE
SO FLUID WITH THIS MISSION?
AND I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP.
>> SO IT IS ON.
OK.
SO THERE HAD BEEN SOME WITH THE
SHIFTS IN THE DAY SINCE THE
OPENING OF THE WENT DOE.
THERE HAD BEEN SOME SHIFTS.
THROUGH THE -- WE STARTED WITH
THIS A TWO-HOUR WINDOW.
AND AS WE LOOKED AT THE
TRAJECTORY, WE REALIZED THAT WE
ARE COMING CLOSE TO THE BELLS AS
WE FLY OUT.
SO WE HAVE RADIATION CONCERN ON
THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, AS WE PLY
NEAR THE VAN AND ALLEN BELTS
WHICH WE HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM
BECAUSE IT COULD BLESS THE
ELECTRONICS AND WE DON'T WANT
THAT TO HAPPEN ON THE WAY UP.
YOU WILL SEE THE WINDOW CUT OFF
AT 5 MINUTES.
WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH
DIFFERENT ANALYSIS TO SEE WHAT
WAS THE BETTER OPTION AND SO I
WAS NOT FIRM ON HOW LARGE OUR
WINDOW WAS.
I WOULD SAY ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM
45 MINMENS TO 65 AND WE ARE NOW
AT 65 AND THERE IS TUNES LATER
IN THE WINDOW WHERE IT EXPANDS
TO 90 MIN!
S AND THEN AFTER THIS, POINT,
THE RISKS OF SEEING AN UPSET ON
THE WAY UP INCREASES ARE A
HATCALLY THE BEGINNING OF THE
WINDOW HAD SOME CONSTRAINS EARLY
ON WITH THE SPACECRAFT BEING
ABLE TO BE PICKED UP BY STATION
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
AND SO, THERE WAS, THERE WAS
RISK THAT HAD TO BE MADE AS TO
WHETHER THAT STATION WAS NEEDED
ALONG WITH ANOTHER STATION AND
THAT IS FOR THE DOWN THE RANGE I
COULD SEE THE SPACECRAFT ON ITS
INITIAL SEPARATION.
SO THAT IS WHY THERE WAS SHIFT.
OK.
THE FINAL LAST MINUTES PROBLEMS
YOU HAD.
COULD YOU ADDRESS THOSE AND HOW
YOU RESOLVE THEM.
HOW YOU GOT A COUPLE OF EXTRA
DAYS AT THE END OF THE LAUNCH
OPPORTUNITY.
OK.
LET ME ADDRESS WE HAD TWO DELAY
ON THE WAY OUT.
WE WERE DEALING WITH A SENSITIVE
INSTRUMENT PURGE THAT KEEPS THEM
ON THE SPACECRAFT MRGED WITH
NITROGEN AND TO KEEP ANY AWAY
FROM IT.
WHATEVER IT MAY BE THAT WE HAVE
HERE THAT THESE DON'T LIKE TO
SEE THEM.
YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THEM IN
PRIEST TEEN WHEN GU OUT TO DO
THE SCIENCE.
SO WE DID HAVE SOME PROBLEMS
WITH SOME LEAKS IN THAT PURGE AS
IT THREADS THE WAY UP THROUGH
THE TONE THROUGH THE THIRD
STAGE.
AND SO THAT COST US A COUPLE OF
DAYS.
AFTER BRE DONE WITH THAT, WE DID
HAVE ISSUE WHERE WE DAMAGED THE
ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR THAT HAD
THE, DID HE HAD TO SEPARATE THE
STAGE AGAIN FOR THE FAIRING TO
GET AT THIS, REPAIR IT, GET IT
BACK TOGETHER.
FINALLY, WE HAD SOME ISSUE WITH
A MINOR WEATHER STRIPPING FOAM
IS THE BEST ANALOGY I CAN GIVE
YOU THAT YOU WITH USE AROUND THE
HOME THAT HAS ADHESIVE ON ONE
SIDE AND THAT FOAM STARTED TO
WILL BE RATE ITSELF FROM THE
SIZESIDE IS OF THE FARING SO WE
HAD TO ACCEPT PRET AGAIN, CLEAN
OFF THE FOAM, ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF
THOSE PIECES.
AND MAKE THOSE STEAMINGS BACK
TOGETHER.
SO THAT COST US AS YOU SAID, WE
STARTED THIS ON THE 30th WE
TOOK IT TO THE FOURTH.
THEN WE TOOK A DELAY TO THE
11th.
THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
HOW WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE
ADDITIONAL POUR DAYS THAT HAD
BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR QUITE SOME
TIME.
FROM THE LAUNCH VEHICLE
PERSPECTIVE AND WE COULD, WE
ACTUALLY HAD THAT OVER A YEAR
AGO AND HAD THOSE ADDITIONAL
DAYS.
THE SPACECRAFT HAD NOT HAD A
CHANCE TO AD HOSE DAYS SO THAT
CAME IN LATE FOR US.
THAT IS WHY WE EXPANDED TRIT THE
19th TO THE 23 3RD FAIRLY
LATE AND WITH THE PUBLIC'S
KNOWLEDGE AND UNTIL THE
SPACECRAFT WAS ABLE TO GO ANDLY
AND PLAN FOR THOSE DAYS.
AND THAT IS HOW WE HAD THOSE
ADDITIONAL POUR DAYS.
THAT IS THE CLIFF.
>> BEFORE GO TO SOCIAL.
WE HAVE THE MIC.
REAL QUICK QUESTION.
IT IS QUICK.
>> THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT UPPER
THIRD STAGE.
SO I KNOW IT IS NOT WITH THE
SCIENCE MISSIONS WHAT IS THE
PLANNED PARKING ORBIT FOR THE
DELTA IV FIRST AND SECOND STAGE
HOW MUCH EXTRA SPEED THAT IS
THIRD STAGE IS GOING TO GIVE IN
MILES PER HOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
>> WELL, WE'LL GAVE THE SHOT.
OK.
WHAT I CAN TELL YOU AS FAR AS
THE SPEED IS THAT WE OUR
REQUIREP IS A MEASURE AM OF THE
VELOCITY CALLED C3 AND THE FIRST
AND SECOND STAGE OF THE DELTA IV
GIVES US ABOUT 50-53 AND THE
THIRD STAGE THEN TAKES US FROM
50 TO 152 AND LOOK I SAID,
TWO-THIRDS OF THE ACTUAL VA ALSO
TY AFTER WE GET OUT OF THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND THE OTHER
STAGES WILL BE FOR THE SECOND
STAGE AND THE THIRD STAGE.
THEY ARE ON A DOUSER LEAVE SO
THEY JUST, THEY JUST GO AND WE
DON'T.
THERE IS NO SPARKING STAGE WITH
THOSE.
BUT IN THE FIRST, WE'LL FALL
BACK DOWN TO THE OCEAN.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE'LL TAKE A QUESTION OVER
HERE FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA SIDE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
JACK.
>> OK.
JACK IS WITH YOUTUBE.
IT IS THERE ANY PLAN ENCASE A
THIRD STAGE DOES IGNITE OR
LIKELY HOOD SO LOW YOU WILL GET
THERE IF YOU GET THERE?
SO THERE IS NO PLAN BECAUSE LIKE
MOST OF THE STUFF IN THE ROCKET
IT HAS TO THE FIRST TIME.
WE'RE NOT SOMETHING THAT COULD
UPLOAD A COME LAND LOOK YOU HEAR
THE SPACECRAFT AFTER THEY HAVE A
PROBLEM.
EVERYTHING HAS TO WORK THE FIRST
TIME SO GO THROUGHING A VERY
RIGOROUS TEST PROGRAM, TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE MAXIMUM PROB K
THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO WORK
AS APPROPRIATE.
THE ENGINE THAT WE USE ON THE
THIRD STAGE IS ENGINE THAT HAS
FLOWN MANY TIMES THE STAR 48
MOTOR HAS FLOWN HUNDREDS OF
TIMES AND IG ANYTHING HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL SO WE JUST HAVE TO
GOING THAT THE PROCESS OF
TESTING AND DESEENING AND
TESTING AND DESIGNING ANTEING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE
MAXIMUM PROB K THAT EVERYTHING
IS GOING TO WORK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE, WE HAVE TIME FOR A FEW
MORE QUESTIONS BUT GETTING CLOSE
TO END OF THE SHOW.
WE WANT TO GET IN A QUESTION
FROM THE USERS WHO WROTE IN WITH
ASK NASA.
>> HOW LONG IT DID TAKE TO
DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY TO SURVIVE
THE FUSIONS OCCURRING IN THE
SUN?
>> THAT IS SPACE.
>> ANDY, DO YOU WANT TO?
OPERATE THE QUESTION.
>> HOW LONG IT DID TAKE TO
DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY TO
SURVIVE THE FUSIONS OCCURRING IN
THE SUN.
FUSION OWWERS THE SUN SO THAT IS
DEEP DOWN IN THE HEART OF THE
SUN AND WE'LL GO CLOSE AND NOT
GOING THAT CLOSE.
TEMPERATURES ARE 2 TO
3 MILLION DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND
THE SPACECRAFT FLIES THROUGH
THAT PLASMA AND PLASMA IS VERY
DENSE.
THE SPACECRAFT DOES NOT PICK UP
HEAT FROM THAT ENVIRONMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ONE LAST QUESTION THEN WE'LL
WRAP UP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE OVER HERE.
>> OH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW SCIENTIFIC AND JUNO
CAM FOR PUBLIC.
IT IS ANY LINING THING LIKE TO.
>> SO NO, HE ONLY CARRY WHAT WE
NEED TO SCIENCE AND WE NOTED WE
HAVE TO BE LIGHT AND EVEN YOU
KNOW, CUT AND WE DONE CARRY
ANYTHING EXTRA.
AND SO, OUR IN STREHLS ARE THERE
TO DO THE JOBS THEY ARE MEANT TO
DO.
WE HAVE A WHITE LIGHT AND WE'LL
BE PROVIDING WITH YOU THE FIRST
EVER LOOK AT THE SUN'S CORONA SO
THERE IS NO SORT OF ADD ON
CAMERA ON THERE AND WE ARE DOING
ALL SCIENCE WITH OUR INSTRUMENTS
24-7.
>> 'S GIVE A NICE ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FOR THE LAUNCH TEAM
HERE.
THANK YOU ALL.
[APPLAUSE]
SO YOU CAN STAY A PART OF THE
CONVERSATION, GOING TO OUR
TWITTER HANDLE AT NASA SUN AND
USING THE HASHTAG SOLAR PROBE.
OF COURSE, WE EXPECT EBB TO BE
ONE OF A WAVING THIS LIVE NASA.
GOV/LIVE AT 3:00 A.M. THAT
COVERAGE STARTS.
>> LAUNCH COVERAGE STARTS AT
3:00 A.M. EASTERN.
PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR UPDATES AND
AS BEFORE WE CLOSE THE SHOW.
JUST REMINDER WE HAVE A PAN
TAKINGS CONTIN GONE OF SUNSHINE
TISTS AND INVESTIGATORS AND
TECHNICAL FOLKS TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS FOR THE FOLKS ON THE
PHONE BRIDGE AND WATCHING I ON
TV AT THE PRESS SITE THEN CALL
THE PRESS SITE AND THERE ARE
PLENTY OF INCREDIBLE FOLKS THAT
COULD GIVE YOU INTERVIEWS AND A
LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND BUZZ SO
CONCLUDE HERE TODAY.
AND I THINK WE ARE READY TO SIGN
OFF.
WE GOT ONE LAST COUNTDOWN FOR
YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> ARE YOU READY.
>> 3, 2, 1.
GO.
>> SOLAR PROBE.
>> THAT YOU ALL.
SEE YOU AT LAUNCH ON SATURDAY.